BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal(GI)bleeding accounts for over half a million admissions annually and is the most common GI diagnosis requiring hospitalization in the United States.Bipolar electrocoagulation devices are us...
The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist,and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
BACKGROUND Endoscopic ultrasound guided gallbladder drainage(EUS-GBD)is being increasingly used in practice(either as a bridge to cholecystectomy in high-risk patients or as destination therapy in non-surgical patient...
Kaiy(medieval cautery)is an ancient method of heat therapy in traditional Persian medicine(TPM).Some of its important applications have been neglected during the medical revolution.Meanwhile,different treatment modali...
Objective:To estimate the hospital costs of managing anterior epistaxis in the Emergency Department at a Tertiary Care centre in Canada.Material and methods:A cost analysis was conducted based on a retrospective revie...
Objective:To systematically review outcomes for cautery-assisted palatal stiffening operation (CAPSO) as a treatment for adult obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).Methods:Five databases (including PubMed/MEDLINE) were searc...
Context: Condyloma acuminatum is a common morbidity caused by human papillomavirus infection. Objective: To compare the recurrence rate after surgical excision with or without podophyllin cautery. Design, Setting, Par...
To evaluate the efficacy of a newly developed dilator for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage (ES Dilator). METHODSFourteen consecutive patients who had undergone EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy (EUS-CDS) wi...
Curettage of the epithelium of the vas deferens might be a safe and effective method of male sterilization. We conducted a pilot study of vasectomy by epithelial curettage with a novel microcurette called the Vas-X in...
This article provides the efficacy of the new device, Ligasure Vessel Sealing System(LVSS) for achieving hemostasis. LVSS is an alternative to suture ligatures, hemoclips, staplers, for ligating vessels and tissue b...